Horse Racing News

Repole Stable's Micromanage returned to the dirt Dec. 13 and overpowered 6-5 favorite Vyjack in the $100,000 Queens County Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, rallying five wide into the stretch before securing the victory by 1-1/4 lengths.

Jockey Javier Castellano notched his first winner at the Gulfstream Park meeting Dec. 13 when he rallied Merry Meadow from just off the pace to post a 1-1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes.

After splitting two previous juvenile stakes earlier in the meet, Bayerd and Shotgun Kowboy square off in the rubber match, the $250,000 Remington Springboard Mile on closing night Dec. 14 at Remington Park.

Trainer Todd Pletcher is pointing a pair of Grade 1 winners to the first major race for older horses in the country, the $500,000 Donn Handicap Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

She's in the driver's seat already, but a win in the $350,000 Starlet Stakes Dec. 13 would mean the checkered flag in the juvenile filly Eclipse Award race for Take Charge Brandi.

A small but talented field of six fillies and mares is to go to post in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes from Gulfstream Park Dec. 13.

The European Commission took action Dec. 8 that resulted in the ban of horse meat imports and meat products from Mexico.

On a cold December morning at Keeneland, two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan stood near the front of his stall keeping a sharp eye on a group of yearlings as they trotted past.

Odds-on Tiz Midnight proved a popular winner of the $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes at Los Alamitos for the former Quarter Horse trainer Bob Baffert when she battled back along the rail by a head over Warren's Veneda Dec. 6.

Catholic Cowboy recovered from two lackluster efforts at Keeneland in the fall to grind out a victory in the $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel Stakes Dec. 6 at Gulfstream Park, upsetting a group of 14 older horses at odds of 17-1.